Students Looking To Get Into The Fintech Industry
In line with its mission of empowering businesses and
young innovators across Africa, HabariPay’s Squad launched its first ever Squad
HackademyProgrammeonSeptember13th.Thehybridinternshipprogrammeisthe
secondphaseofitsfirst-everhackathon,”TakeonSquadHackathon1.0.”whichwas
held on the 19th and 20th of January 2024, at the state-of-the-art GTCO Training
Complex, Tayo’s Plaza, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
InthiscycleoftheSquadHackademyProgramme,sixofthebestperformingstudents
from the Take on Squad Hackathon 1.0 will have their tuition paid until they graduate as
they get hands-on learning experience working in one of Nigeria’s leading Fintech
companies. Participants in this programme will work on real-life scenarios during
SIWES and University holidays.
Commenting on the inaugural Squad Hackademy programme, Eduofon Japhet,
ManagingDirectorofHabariPayLtd,said:“Wearedelightedtobedeliveringonthe
nextphaseofourHackathonprogramme.TheSquadHackademyisthefirstofmany
initiativestoofferyoung,enterprisingstudentsaplatformtoengagemeaningfullywith
technology and showcase their creativity and problem-solving abilities while helping
them with their tuition fees along the way.”
About HabariPay
HabariPay Ltd is the fintech subsidiary of Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc,
providing best-in-class payment solutions to help businesses in Africa grow and thrive.
LicensedbytheCentralBankofNigeria(CBN),HabariPay’ssolutionsincludeSquad-
acompletepaymenttooltomakein-personandonlinepaymentssimpler, HabariPay
Storefront – an e-commerce website to sell products and services, and Value-Added
Services – to help merchants access cost-effective and flexible airtime and data
bundlestoruntheirbusinesses,aswellasa switching infrastructure thatenables
tech-focused businesses to optimise cost and make transactions more efficient.
ThousandsofmerchantscurrentlyleverageSquad’spaymentsolutionsfortheirdaily
business operations.
HapariPay has received Mastercard’s Award For Accelerating Digital Acceptance in
Africa and was awarded “Innovative Mobile Payment Solution” for its SquadPOS product by TIA
